“These fishermen in their swivel fishing chairs
looked comfortable and clean and pink. We had been washing
our clothes in salt water, and we felt sticky and salt-crusted;
and, being less comfortable and clean than the sportsmen,
we built a whole defense of contempt. With no effort at all
on their part we had a good deal of dislike for them. It is
probable that Sparky and Tiny had a true contempt,
uncolored by envy, for they are descended from many
generations of fishermen who went out for fish, not splendor.
But even they might have liked sitting in a swivel chair
holding a rod in one hand and a frosty glass in the other,
blaming a poor day on the Democrats, and offering up
prayers for good fishing to Calvin Coolidge.”
– John Steinbeck,
Sea of Cortez,
p. 238 (1941)